Family seeks help to repair hole in roof
A couple with two minor children living at home are worried that their kitchen roof is about to cave in.
They say a bad leak developed this summer, leaving a hole at least the size of a grapefruit that the husband hasn’t been able to successfully repair.
They say they don’t have enough money to get the roof fixed and also pay past due utility bills.
The family is among hundreds of area residents seeking help this season from the Empty Stocking Fund.
The Empty Stocking Fund is a project of The Santa Fe New Mexican. The Santa Fe Community Foundation, Los Alamos National Bank, The Salvation Army, Presbyterian Medical Services and The Life Link donate services to jointly administer the Empty Stocking Fund.
The newspaper will run stories featuring requests for assistance from local residents. The information from the initial application will be verified if the applicant is selected for assistance.
To donate: Make your taxdeductible donation online at www.santafenewmexican.com/ empty_stocking or mail a check to The New Mexican’s Empty Stocking Fund c/o The Santa Fe Community Foundation, P.O. Box 1827, Santa Fe, NM 87504-1827. Donors can request to remain anonymous.
If you can provide a service such as roofing or home repairs, call 505-983-8968.
If you can contribute food, clothing, toys, housewares, furniture, firewood, or other items or services, call 505-988-8054.
If you donate online in honor of a friend or loved one, a custom e-card can be sent from the Empty Stocking Fund to let them know about your contribution, courtesy of the Santa Fe Community Foundation and InSight Foto.
The application process has closed.
Donations
Anonymous (11): $4,400 3JK Engineering Consultants, LLC: $200 Ann Aceves: $1,000 William Adrian: $50 Francoise and Len Alexander: $250 Bad Girls Book Club, in memory of Helen Cerletti: $975 Elisabet Bolton: $40 Richard Buffler and Christine Boss: $100 Brooks Kids, in honor of Diane Brooks and Dave Gunderson: $250 Julie Campbell, in memory of Don Campbell: $50 Patricia Chance: $50 Stephen and Karen Durkovich: $250 Edificios Builders Limited: $200 Susan and Dick Evans: $500 Susan and Daniel Friedman: $200 Edward and Marilyn George, in memory of Tim Chavez and Marcia Romero: $50 Allen Hartford: $100 Helen R. Homans Donor Advised Fund: $250 Sheela Hewitt: $108 Keshi, the Zuni Connection: $250 David King: $100 Ron and Doreen Martinez: $100 Carolyn and Tom Minton: $200 Monroe Gallery of Photography LLC, in honor of Dean D. Monroe: $500 Ray and Rosemary Moya: $250 Cynthia Narayan, in memory of Michelle Milich: $100 Theresa Ortiz: $100 Joseph Pisacane: $50 Nancy Benkof and Paul Pletka: $100 Pottow Law LLC: $500 Pamela Quay: $50 Beatrice and Lydia Romero: $100 Ursula Sanders: $300 Santa Fe Federated Republican Women: $435 Donna Schaeffer: $50 Stephen and Cathryn Schmidt: $1,000 Gizelle Spurgeon: $200 Jack Clifford and Fran Talley: $50 UCC Search Inc.: $100 Stephen and Suzanne Watkins: $50 Jennifer and Marvin Wetovsky: $50 Total: $13,658 Cumulative Total: $146,588.95